Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Communication and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 added 0.77% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Gazit Globe Ltd (TASE:GZT), which rose 6.21% or 137 points to trade at 2342 at the close. Meanwhile, Melisron (TASE:MLSR) added 5.63% or 760 points to end at 14260 and Delek Group (TASE:DLEKG) was up 5.07% or 461 points to 9561 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Isramco Negev 2 LP (TASE:ISRAp), which fell 4.05% or 1.8 points to trade at 42.6 at the close. Fattal 1998 Holdings Ltd (TASE:FATTAL) declined 3.66% or 780 points to end at 20530 and OPKO Health Inc (TASE:OPK) was down 1.75% or 16 points to 872.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 221 to 170 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.35% or 0.45 to $33.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.28% or 0.45 to hit $35.58 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 8.10 to trade at $1727.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.06% to 3.5281, while EUR/ILS rose 0.02% to 3.8444.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 99.817.